Why Do You Dance? Development of the Dance Motivation Inventory (DMI)

Why Do You Dance? Development of the Dance Motivation Inventory (DMI)

Dancing is a popular form of physical exercise and studies have show that dancing can decrease anxiety, increase self-esteem, and improve psychological wellbeing. The aim of the current study was to explore the motivational basis of recreational social dancing and develop a new psychometric instrument to assess dancing motivation. The sample comprised 447 salsa and/or ballroom dancers (68% fema...

Induction The dance of shadows

Statistics stems out from induction. Induction is a long lasting notion in philosophy. The nature of notions in philosophy are such that neither they can be solved completely nor one can leave them forever. One of the most important problem in induction is “the problem of induction”. In this paper we give a short history of induction and discuss some aspects of the problem of induction.  

The "Dance or Work" Problem: Why Do not all Honeybees Dance with Maximum Intensity

A honeybee colony has to choose among several nectar sources in the environment, each fluctuating in quality over time. Successful forager bees return to the hive and perform dances to describe the food sources they have found. Each dancer tries to recruit other forager bees to fly to the source it has found. Some individual dancers clearly dance longer for higher quality sources, other dancers...

So you think you can't dance?

Dance Dance Convolution

Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) is a popular rhythmbased video game. Players perform steps on a dance platform in synchronization with music as directed by on-screen step charts. While many step charts are available in standardized packs, users may grow tired of existing charts, or wish to dance to a song for which no chart exists. We introduce the task of learning to choreograph. Given a raw audi...